NEWSLETTER 9 10 August 2018 Coming Events: Week 3 Sat 11 Aug Auckland Jazz Competition Finals Sun 12 Tree Planting at Lynfield College by HERC Week 4 Tue 14 13HOS - NZ Hospitality Championship, ASB Showgrounds Lynfield College Wellbeing Hui 2.30 – 4pm, Hall 11GEO Inter-School Geography Quiz Lynfield College Music Department Jazz & Soul Concert 7pm Hall Wed 15 PISA Testing Thu 16 Y11 PILOT Progress Conferences (A – L) 4 – 7pm Fri 17 TEACHER ONLY DAY – there are no classes for students on this day 12&13PAD – Xero trip Sat 18 VEX Robotics Scrimmage, Onehunga High School Shinagawa Summer School Students depart Sun 19 13GEO/TOU Rotorua trip departs Week 5 Mon 20 13GEO/TOU Rotorua trip returns Japan trip parents information evening 6.30 – 7.30pm Staffroom Tue 21 Progress Conferences (M – Z) 4 – 7pm Wed 22 12ESS Stardome trip Senior Course Selection forms due today NZSS Winter Tournament meeting 7 – 9pm Staffroom Mathex Quiz Evening, ASB Stadium, Kohimarama Thu 23 – Fri 24 12OED – Pinnacles walk, Coromandel Fri 24 Senior Quizzex, lunchtime in the Hall Week 6 Mon 27 In-class priority time – students should not make outside appointments during school time Cancer Awareness Week 12&13CLA – Massey University, Albany Campus CoL Kahui Ako – Urban Growth Information Evening 4 – 5.30pm Hall Wed 29 Shave for a Cure GEO Scholarship Workshop 4 – 6.30pm, University of Auckland Thu 30 NIWA Science Fair Fri 31 Daffodil Day Sat 1 Sep VEX Robotics Scrimmage, Lynfield College Hall Week 7 Mon 3 In-class priority time – students should not make outside appointments during school time Tongan Language Week NZSS Winter Tournament Week Wed 5 2019 Y9 out of zone applications close 5pm 13MUS Performance Evening Fri 7 Access-It Roadshow, Library closed P1-4 10DAN – UNITEC Dance Studio Week 8 Mon 8 In-class priority time – students should not make outside appointments during school time MĀORI LANGUAGE WEEK – Kia kaha te Reo Māori Wed 12 SENIOR ASSESSMENT BEGINS (12 – 21 Sep) 2019 Y9 out of zone applications ballot date Sat 15 VEX Robotics Scrimmage, Kristin School Dear Parents/Caregivers This has been a year of anniversaries with the Lynfield College 60th Reunion in June and the Auckland Shinagawa (Japan) sister city relationship 25th anniversary in July. Last week the Director of International Students Gill Austin and I joined the celebrations in Tokyo. Auckland Mayor Phil Goff hosted a function at the New Zealand Embassy and Shinagawa Mayor Hamano hosted a formal exchange of gifts where an agreement to continue the relationship was signed. Mayor Goff acknowledged Lynfield College as being the ‘glue’ that has kept the relationship alive. We send students to Shinagawa every second year (the next exchange departs in September) and two teachers every year during the summer holidays. We host a group of 30 students from Shinagawa every August. Our thanks go to the host families who make this exchange possible. In week 10 of Term 2 a cultural exchange group travelled to Rarotonga Island. Ten senior Te Reo Māori and Kapa Haka students, accompanied by Whaea Leauga and Whaea TeBay, were hosted by Tereora College. Activities during the week included an island tour, cultural performances, markets, food preparation, weaving, learning to play the drums and do the ‘ura pa’u. It was a very successful cultural exchange and we look forward to being able to host a group from Tereora College in the future. Course Selection for 2019 Term 3 has particular importance for senior student achievement. Course selection for 2019 began last week, with presentations in Year 10, 11 and 12 assemblies, where students were issued with copies of the senior course information booklet and briefed on the importance of making careful and informed choices and were encouraged to talk to their subject teachers about which courses to take. I would urge parents and caregivers to spend time discussing possible courses with their child, while being guided by the important qualifications, awards and prerequisite information contained in the 2019 senior course information booklet. Year 9 students received their 2019 course information booklets this week. Electronic copies of both 2019 course information booklets are available on the website. Year 10, 11 and 12 students must give their completed course selection forms to Form Teachers before Wednesday 22 August and Year 9 students must give their completed forms to Form Teachers before Tuesday 28 August. Parents are encouraged to enter their child’s selections on the Course Selection function of the Parent Portal, which is now open. If you have been unable to do this, please indicate that on the form. We are using the two systems simultaneously this year, with the backup of a paper copy. The Course Selection function on the portal will close on these due dates. Login and password reminders were sent by email after the senior course information booklets were issued. Progress Conference Evenings The progress conference evenings are on Thursday 16 and Tuesday 21 August from 4 – 7pm for all year levels. This is an opportunity to get feedback on your child’s progress and find out what work may need to be done for successful results in the senior exams that begin in Week 8 of this term, Wednesday 12 to Friday 21 September. Further information is contained in this newsletter about booking interview times online. ALL students will be released at 2.20pm on both these days. Kiwi Coaches Mangere Bridge bus will depart at 2.30pm. The Titirangi bus will depart at the usual time. The College Library will be open for any students who need to wait for buses. Student Leadership 2019 Elections Expression of interest forms are now available from Mrs Clark’s office for Year 11 and 12 students who would like to be considered for a leadership position in 2019. Students have until Monday 13 August to submit an application form to Mrs Clark. Electronic speeches are due to Mrs Clark by 3.10pm Monday 20 August. Applicants’ speeches and electronic voting will take place at the Year 12 and Year 11 assemblies in Week 10. Student Representative, Board of Trustees 2018 – 2019 Students are invited to nominate themselves or another student to be the Student Representative on the Board of Trustees for 2018 – 2019. The role of the student representative is to provide input to the BOT, based on the perspectives of the students they represent. They can make valuable contributions to decisions that affect the strategic direction of the school. Nomination forms and additional information are available from the Returning Officer, Mr Waddington. Nominations will close at noon on Tuesday 11 September and the election will be held during Week 10. Results will be announced Monday 1 October. C M Knell Principal TEACHER ONLY DAY Friday 17 August This is a day of professional development and planning for teaching staff and there will be no classes for students. Normal school timetable resumes on Monday 20 August. PLEASE SEE OUR SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR UPCOMING EVENTS – ON THE WEBSITE AND PARENT PORTAL https://lynfield.mystudent.school.nz/calendar Enrolment Process for 2019 Enrolments are now being taken for Year 9/2019 home zone students and out of zone categories 2, 3, 4 & 5 students. Category 2 (siblings of current students) Category 3 (siblings of past students) Category 4 (children of past students) Category 5 (children of Board employees) Enrolments can be made between 8.00 – 11am and 3.15 – 4.30pm Monday to Friday, no appointment necessary. Year 9 Category 6 out of zone applications close 5.00pm, Wednesday 5 September (ballot date 12 September). Year 10 – 13 Category 6 out of zone applications close Tuesday 16 October 2018 (ballot date 17 October). Enrolment packs are available from our reception desk. More detailed information about enrolment is available from our website http://www.lynfield.school.nz/Enrolment.html Recent Student Extra-curricular Success Congratulations to the following students: Concert Band and Big Band performed at the Rhapsody Rotorua Festival at the end of Term 2, winning Gold and Silver awards respectively. Breyton Davison (Y13) was on What Now TV2 for his midget racing speedway achievements. Justin Chen (Y9) has been invited to compete at the Pokemon Trading Card Game World Championships in Nashville USA this month. This is Justin’s fourth year of attending this event. Matt Holden (Y12) and his band Silvera have made it into the top 6 bands at the 2018 Smokefreerockquest. Shyla Mani (Y12) was accepted into the New York Times Summer School programme (August). ICAS Digital Technologies results: Y9 Distinction – Sarka Ludvigova, Eesha Mahimkar Y9 Credit – Shaan Manilal Year 10 Credit – Saifullah Imran Year 10 Merit – Revati Ekbote Year 11 High Distinction – Puja Laxman Year 11 Distinction – Frank Situ Year 11 Credit – Prashant Patel, Amita Joshi, Harshil Pandya, Kimberly Saldanha, Harashi Dev, Iris Huang, Nariska Patel, Aditya Shenoy, Hayden Jiang Year 11 Merit – Isha Singh Year 12 Indian Dance group received the Most Creative Award at the Rockers Bollywood High School Dance Competition Saturday 4 August (Shivani Kumar, Sheenal Singh, Alisha Bhana, Pritika Patel, Kounain Ahmed, Reet Banga, Vishesh Azad, Vedant Kaduskar, Joshua D’Souza, John Tallent, Hyrum Chandra and Sarish Kumar). Student Leader Profile – Social Co-ordinators Kia Ora from your 2018 Social Co-ordinators, Rebman Evening and Hannah Woolford. We are very honoured to be selected into this role, and are very grateful for this opportunity. The support from teachers, students, the rest of the Student Executive and even parents is incomparable; it makes our job so much more rewarding and worthwhile. Organising the annual school ball was our biggest priority this year. We started off selecting a ball committee, with the help of the Head and Deputy students, as well as the wonderful Mrs Clark.